2006 Danish Cup Final

The 2006 Danish Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the Danish Cup 2005-06. It took place on Thursday 11 May 2006 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and saw the 1st Division leaders Randers FC beat Superliga club Esbjerg fB after extra time.

Randers have won the Cup on three previous occasions (1967, 1968 and 1973). As well as 1976, Esbjerg also won the Cup in 1964.

In the Superliga in 2005-06, Esbjerg finished sixth and in Viasat Sport Division is Randers currently leading.

Referee Kim Milton Nielsen officiated the match.

Road to Copenhagen

See also: 2005–06 Danish Cup

Esbjerg
		Third round	Sædding/Guldager IF [JS] A 13-0	Johansen 7, 70 Larsen 20 Rask 24, 27, 42, 51 Pedersen 26, 37 Sandberg 32, 60 Fabinho 80, 88
		Fourth round	AGF [SL] H 2-0	Sandberg 45 Hansen 66
Lyngby BK [1D] A 5-4p	-	Fifth round	AC Horsens [SL] H 2-0	Fabinho 15 Lundberg 87
B 1909 [2D] A 3-1	Berglund 1, 75 Klarström 54	Quarter finals	BK Frem [1D] H 3-0	Fabinho 50 da Silva 80 Johansen 85
Brøndby IF [SL] H 5-2	Zimling 11 Lucena 31 Hansen 33 (p) Berglund 80, 90	Semi finals First leg	AaB [SL] H 0-0	-
Brøndby IF [SL] A 0-1	-	Second leg	AaB [SL] A 1-1	Jakobsen 73 (og)

Randers started in third round.
Esbjerg started in fifth round.
Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

Match facts


ESBJERG FB 0 Blue and white shirts/Blue shorts/Blue socks

GK	16	Lars Winde (C)
RB	2	Frank Hansen
CB	3	Anders Møller Christensen	87'
CB	17	Lars Christian Nielsen
LB	13	Martin Jensen
RM	25	Michaël Murcy	68'
CM	6	Niki Zimling
CM	21	Jerry Lucena
LM	5	Anders Nøhr	81'
FW	9	Njogu Demba-Nyrén
FW	11	Fredrik Berglund
Substitutes:
GK	1	Jan Hoffmann
DF	4	Kolja Afriyie	87'
FW	8	Lasse Kryger	81'
MF	15	Andreas Klarström	68'
Manager:
Troels Bech


RANDERS FC 1 Orange shirts/White shorts/White socks
Johansen 116
GK	1	Martin S. Jensen
RB	8	Søren Pedersen
CB	3	Ralf Pedersen(C)
CB	5	John Sandberg
LB	12	Jonas Damborg
RM	7	Alex da Silva	71'
CM	99	Stig Tøfting	75'
CM	14	Kenneth Møller Pedersen
LM	16	Carsten Fredgaard	110'
FW	10	Karsten Johansen	116' 101', 116'
FW	23	Lars Larsen	77'
Substitutes:
GK	26	Mads Toppel
FW	9	Jesper Christiansen	77'
DF	13	Søren Holdgaard	110'
MF	15	Rasmus Hansen	71'
Manager:
Lars Olsen

STATISTICS

Competition: Danish Cup (Final)
Date: 19.00 CEST Thursday May 11, 2007
Venue: Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 23,825
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
2 x 15 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shootout if scores still level.
Four named subsititutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

External links

(Danish) Match facts at Esbjerg fB
(Danish) Match facts at Haslund.info

Danish Cup

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